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PAPER HANGING MACHINE.

No. 410,642. tented Sept. 10, 1889..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KEARNEY LEONARD JONES, OF PITTSBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PAPER-HANGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 410,642, datedSeptember 10, 1889. Application filed November 2'7, 1888. Serial No.291,986. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, KEARNEY LEONARD JONES, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Pittsburg, in the countyof Frontenac and Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPaper-Hanging Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paper-hanging machines; and it consists incertain novel fea tures hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved paperhanging machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation with the sideof the casing removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the lower scraper.Fig. 4 is a similar view of the upper scraper.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the casing, which issubstantially t-riangular in edge view and has secured to its upper endat its rear edge a vertically-disposed knife B, as shown. The front sideof the casing is open and on said side near its lower end the casing isprovided with the forwardly-projecting hooks O, and near its upper endit is provided with the forwardlyprojecting lugs D, to which are pivotedthe hooks E, having extended shanks F, as shown. In practicethese hooksengage a belt and a leather collar, respectively, on the user of themachine, so as to support the same.

Vithin the casing and near the bottom of the same I provide thepartition G, having a horizontal portion H and a forwardupwardlyinclined portion I, the said partition, together with the sidesand back of the casing, forming a paste-pot, into which the paste is fedthrough an opening J in the side of the-casing, which is protected by afunnel-shaped guard K.

L M N designate a series of removable rollers, which are journaled inthe sides of the casing, and over which an endless belt 0 travels. Theroller L is arranged so as to be near the bottom of the paste-pot andthe back of the casing, so that as the belt passes around the saidroller paste will be collected thereon, as will be readily understood.The roller M is arranged above the paste-pot and near the front side ofthe casing, while the roller N is arranged near the upper end of thecasing, as shown. The roller N has its axle or shaft extended beyond oneside of the casing and provided with a milled head, so that it can bereadily rotated when starting the wallpaper through the machine. Therollers are removable, so that they can be taken from the casing withthe belt to be cleaned.

P designates a scraper, which is mounted between the sides of thecasingand is adapted to bear against the belt and remove superfluouspaste therefrom. The said scraper is mounted between two horizontal ribsor flanges 2 2, secured to the sides of the casing, and it is secured inits proper position by a set-screw 3, mounted in the upper rib or flangeand bearing against the scraper. The scraper is composed of two metallicplates 6 6 and a rubber strip 7, secured between said plates andprojecting from the inner edges of the same. The outer edges of themetallic plates are turned up to form a bead or handle 8, as shown.

The roll of wall-paper is mounted 011 a removable cylindrical rod Q,journaled in the sides of the casing near the lower front corner of thesame, as shown. The strip of wall paper is carried up from the roll overthe rollers M and N, and in rear of the removable guide-roller R in theupper end of the casing, and thence out through the top of the casing.The wall-paper is thus brought into intimate contact with the beltbetween the rollers M N and receives the paste therefrom.

A scraper S is arranged in the upper end of the casing and bears againstthe rear side of the strip of Wall-paper, so as to smooth out thewrinkles in the same and equalize the distribution of paste thereon. Thescraper S is mounted between two ribs or flanges 4 l on the sides of thecasing in the same manner as the scraper P. A set screw 5 is mounted inthe upper rib and bears upon the scraper, so that it can be quicklyadjusted to bear upon the wall-paper with more or less force. The saidscraper is similar in construction to the scraper P, except that insteadof the strip of rubber it is provided with a brush 9, as shown.

The casing is provided on its sides with the handles WV, by which it isguided when in use.

In operation, the roll of wall-paper is mounted upon the rod Q, asdescribed, and the end of the same is then carried upward,

dles WV are grasped and the machine allowed. to descend by reason of itsown weight, the

handles W being used to guide it in a straight line, so that the stripof wall-paper will be applied to the wall accurately and smoothly. Whenthe machine has reached the floor, the strip of Wall-paper is laid uponthe edge of the knife B at the proper point, and by applying. slightpressure upon the paper the edge of the knife, of course, cuts throughthe paper, thereby severing the strip.

Instead of carrying the machine to nearthe ceiling, as just described,it is obvious that the machine may be left on the floor and the end ofthe wall-paper carried up to the ceil- 1ng.

It will be observed that owing to the inclined shape of the front sideof the casing of the machine such of the operating parts as requiremanipulation are conveniently accessible when the device is attached tothe person of the operator. It will also be noticed that owing to thesimplicity of its construction the apparatus may be made quite light,and hence not objectionable tocarry.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided avery efficientmachine by which large rooms may be quickly and easilypapered, and by which the paper may be applied to the wallvery smoothlyand evenly.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

The operator then carries the ma- 1. In a paper-hanging machine, thecombination of a casing having an inclined open front side, apaste-receptacle within said casing, a roller arranged transversely inthe paste-receptacle, rollers arranged transversely at some distancefrom the upper and lower ends of the casing near the inclined front sidethereof, an endless belt passing over said rollers, and rollers tosupport the wall-paper and guide it over the front part of said belt andin contact therewith, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the casing, of the partition within the same,forming a pastepot, a series of rollers journaled in the sides of thecasing, an endless belt moving over said rollers to feed the paste tothe wall-paper, the cylindrical rod in the lower front corner of thecasing adapted to support .the roll of paper, and the guide-roller inthe upper endof thecasing, as set forth.

3. In apaper-hanging machine, the combination of the casinghaving aninclined front side, a roller within the casing to support thewallpaper, a guide-roller near the upper end of the casing, a pasteconveying belt, and a vertically-disposed knife at the top of thecasing, substantially as set forth.

4. In a paper-hanging machine, the combination of the series oftransverse rollers, the paste-conveying belt moving over said rollers, alower scraper designed to bear against the belt, an upper scraperdesigned to bear against the wall-paper, the cylindrical rod in thelower front corner of the casing, and the guide-roller in the upper endof the same, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

KEARNEY LEONARD JONES.

lVitn esses:

JOHN GEALE, ANGUS URQUHART BAIN.

